Freakmapping

Freakmapping (also known as the Tuning Contest) is a series of community projects organized by members of the Russian Doom community on the Doom Power forum. Freakmapping #1, the first entry in the series, was held in the summer of 2005, and eight more competitions were held in subsequent years.

Concept
The goal of the project is to modify the level created by the SLIGE or later OBLIGE random level generators for Doom II IWAD. Each mapper creates their own version of the level. The time limit is about 2-3 weeks. The community then votes on the best level, choosing the winner.

The name of the project comes from its goal - to turn an ugly software-generated level into something strange and unusual, something.

The idea of tuning up auto generated levels existed before Freakmapping. On October 20, 2003, Owen Lloyd (Sarge Baldy) started the "slige modification contest" on Doomworld forums. However the resulting compilation was rejected from the /idgames archive due to the usage of SLIGE. Sarge Baldy tried to dispute this, because levels were highly modified, but the results are unknown. The archive with the results of the contest was lost. One of the levels, designed by Ian Cunnings (The Flange Peddler), was later re-released as MAP03 of Community Chest 2.

Freakmapping 1
Freakmapping #1 was held in August of 2005. Five levels were submitted, all for vanilla Doom II.

Levels

 * slige01.wad - an original level created by SLIGE
 * MAP01: Freak World (fm3d_01.wad) - a variant by 3EPHOEd
 * akfm.wad - a variant by Ak-01, uses the MIDI rendition of "Amour" by as its music track
 * freakpie.wad - a variant by Costja (Const]ASTS[)
 * MAP01: Post's Freakmap (Post.wad) - a variant by Rodion V. "Post" Skitjaev
 * MAP01: Aries Complex (vortex.wad) - a variant by Pavel P. "VorteX" Timofeyev, won the contest

External inks

 * Freakmapping #1 on Doom Power
 * Nostalgia thread about Freakmapping #1 on Doom Power forum

Freakmapping 2
Freakmapping #2 was held in December of 2005. Six levels were submitted.

Levels

 * fmap02.wad - an original level created by SLIGE
 * MAP01: Cold Castle (3fmv_FX.pk3) - a variant by 3EPHOEd for JDoom source port, uses music track "Hub 7 (Crater)" from . This level won the contest
 * MAP01: Freak Ugly Map II (akfm2.wad) - a variant by Ak-01 for GZDoom source port
 * MAP01: Teleport Labs (fm2-flanker.wad) - a variant by Flanker[iddqd] for ZDoom source port
 * MAP01: Fazmofobia (called "raVen freak map 2" in MAPINFO, fm2raven.wad) - a variant by raVen[iddqd] for ZDoom source port
 * MAP01: Freak-map by Olax (fmolax1.wad) - a variant by Olax for ZDoom source port
 * MAP01: Inside the Hell (tomcat-fm2.wad) - a variant by Tomcat[DST] for ZDoom source port

Freakmapping 3
Freakmapping #3 (also known as Tuning Contest #3) was held in June-July 2006. Ten levels were submitted. The resulting compilation was uploaded to the /idgames archive on August 23, 2008.

Levels

 * freak3.wad - an original level created by SLIGE
 * ALL Mogrels:) (fm3_sqd.wad) - a variant by Squid for vanilla Doom II
 * Corrupted Zone (fm3_wrth.wad) - a variant by Eugene Guschin (Wraith777) for vanilla Doom II
 * Freak Train (fm3_3ed.pk3) - a variant by 3EPHOEd for GZDoom source port, it took second place
 * Descent (fm3_ak01.wad) - a variant by Ak-01 for GZDoom source port, it took first place
 * Evil Factory (fm3_gst.wad) - a variant by Guest for GZDoom source port
 * MorPehFM3 (fm3_mrph.wad) - a variant by MorPeh for GZDoom source port
 * Post_FM (fm3_post.wad) - a variant by Post for GZDoom source port
 * NETHERWORLD (fm3_shad.pk3) - a variant by Shadowman for JDoom source port, it took third place
 * Escape from Burning House (fm3_flnk.wad) - a variant by Flanker for ZDoom source port
 * The Cacodemon Quest (fm3_tmct.wad) - a variant by Tomcat for ZDoom source port

Freakmapping 4
Freakmapping #4 (also known as Tuning Contest #4) took place in July-August 2007. The contest was organized by 3EPHOEd. The SLIGE random level generator was changed to OBLIGE. The submitted levels had to be Boom-compatible. Eight levels were submitted. The resulting compilation was uploaded to the /idgames archive on October 21, 2007.

It was the first project to have a development thread on the Doomworld forums in addition to the regular thread on the Doom Power forum.

Levels

 * MAP01: The Base - an original level created by OBLIGE version 0.94
 * MAP02: Tuning Contest - a variant by Far]ASTS[
 * MAP03: Tuning Contest - a variant by Walter Confalonieri (daimon)
 * MAP04: Blood Magic - a variant by Alexander S. (Eternal), it took first place
 * MAP05: Two Sides - a variant by 3EPHOEd, it took second place
 * MAP06: Conjuring House - a variant by Wraith, it took third place
 * MAP07: Whisper - second variant by Eternal
 * MAP08: ELEVEN - third variant by Eternal

Freakmapping 5
Freakmapping #5 (also known as Tuning Contest #5) took place in July of 2010. The contest was organized by 3EPHOEd. Only PrBoom+, GZDoom and Vavoom source ports were allowed. Seven levels were submitted. The resulting compilation was uploaded to the /idgames archive on August 12, 2010.

Levels

 * freak5.wad - an original level created by OBLIGE version 0.94
 * FRK01: Base 'Yellow Breed' (fm5_arch.pk3) - a variant by Arthur O. (Archi) for ZDoom source port, it took third place
 * MAP01: Toxic Blood (fm5_bwn.pk3) - a variant by BeeWen for GZDoom source port
 * fm5_dh.wad - a variant by Aleksandr M. (Dragon Hunter) for limit removing source port, it took first place
 * fm5_gst.wad - a variant by Guest for GZDoom source port, was sent after the deadline, and so it did not participate in the voting
 * MAP01: Center of Infection (fm5_nil.pk3) - a variant by Nil for GZDoom source port
 * MAP01: Alien Flower (fm5_shad.wad) - a variant by Shadowman for GZDoom source port, it took second place
 * MAP01: Freak Mapping Contest 5 (fm5_slav.wad) - a variant by Slavius for GZDoom source port

Freakmapping 6
Freakmapping #6 was held in July-August 2012. The contest was organized by Falcor. Five levels were submitted.

Levels

 * fm6_2_org.wad - an original level created by OBLIGE version 0.94
 * fm6_ameb.wad - a variant by Ameba, it took first place
 * MAP01: The Ashes of Hope (FM6_BWN.pk3) - a variant by BeeWen, it took third place
 * MAP01: One Damn Dream (fm6_conr.pk3) - a variant by Conrad
 * fm6_plut.wad - a variant by Aleks Shahov (Plut)
 * MAP01: Land of the Damned (fm6_Shad.wad) - a variant by Shadowman, it took second place and was later released standalone as The Inquisitor

Freakmapping 7
Freakmapping #7 took place in July of 2013. The contest was organized by Aleks Shahov (Plut). Only three levels were submitted.

Levels
A level submitted by Shadowman took first place and was later released standalone as The Inquisitor 2.

Freakmapping 8
Freakmapping #8 was held in April-May 2014. The contest was organized by Aleks Shahov (Plut). Only three levels were submitted.

Levels
Some of the mappers' names are unknown.
 * MAP01: Observatory (fm8-1.wad) - a variant by Mud
 * MAP01: Real Hell (fm8-2.pk3)
 * fm8-3.wad

Freakmapping 9
Freakmapping #9 was held in March 2021. The contest was organized by MyNameIs. Seven levels were submitted.

Levels

 * MAP01: Occult Satellite (fr9_8mp.wad or fr9_32mp.wad) - an original level created by OBLIGE, presented in two versions: with grid of 8 and 32 map units
 * MAP01: Occult Satellite (freak9_1.wad) - a variant by Qwe8013
 * U1M1: Strogg Outpost (freak9_2.pk3) - a variant by BeeWen, it took first place
 * MAP01: Sparkling Night (freak9_3.pk3) - a variant by Mud, it took second place
 * MAP01: Cargo District (freak9_4.wad) - a variant by ChaingunnerX, it took third place
 * MAP01 (freak9_5.wad) - a variant by FoxPlays
 * MAP01: NII Soyuz (freak9_6.pk3) - a variant by MyNameIs
 * MAP01: Occult Satellite (freak9_7.wad) - a variant by Quasi